Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts Australian Capital Territory Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) A person liable to pay fees or remuneration for an optometry service to the person who gave the service may, within 6 months after service on him or her of an account for the fees or remuneration in accordance with section 52, apply in writing to the board to review the account.
(2) The board shall, on receipt of an application under subsection (1), review the account and certify, by writing signed by the chairperson or the deputy chairperson, the amount that, in the board's opinion is a reasonable amount of fees or remuneration for the optometry service.
(3) The board shall, in a certificate referred to in subsection (2), set out the facts on which the certificate is based.
(4) The board may, by notice to a person, request the person to give on or before a day specified in the notice the information that it considers necessary or desirable for the purpose of a review under this section.
(5) If a person does not give information requested by the board under subsection (4) on or before the day specified in the notice, the board may proceed to review the account for fees or remuneration without that information.
(6) In reviewing an account for fees or remuneration under this section, the board is not required to conduct a formal hearing, but the board shall provide the parties to the application with any information given to the board under subsection (4).
(7) In reviewing an account for fees or remuneration under this section, the board shall have regard to the time occupied in giving, and the nature of, the optometry service and any other circumstances submitted by the person who gave the service in relation to the provision of the service.
(8) In proceedings for the recovery of fees or remuneration in relation to an optometry service, a certificate of the board under subsection (2) in relation to that service is evidence that the amount certified in the certificate is a reasonable amount of fees or remuneration for the optometry service.
(9) The board shall send a copy of a certificate of the board under subsection (2) by post to the person who gave the optometry service at his or her address as last known to the board.